MarkEdit
A clean Mac workspace for writing Markdown.GetMIT
CotEditor
A focused native editor for plain text, scripts and everyday notes.
Apache-2.0 · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- coteditor
- Verified
- 2026
About CotEditor
CotEditor opens plain-text files in a lightweight native Mac editor, with syntax highlighting, text statistics and encoding tools. It works well for quick edits and inspecting unfamiliar files.
The source code is Apache-2.0. Upstream image resources have separate CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 terms; this catalog shows the icon unmodified (resized only) to identify the app and does not redistribute its screenshots.
Information
- Source code
- coteditor/CotEditor
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Website
- coteditor.com
- Download
- github.com
- Homebrew
- coteditor
- Category
- Writing
- Alternative to
- Notepad++
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/coteditor/CotEditor
- github.com/coteditor/CotEditor/blob/main/LICENSE
- coteditor.com
- icon.png: CotEditor Project. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (CotEditor image resources; unmodified, resized only); used only to identify the app in a non-commercial directory.
License and artwork notices
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